Insights of encouragement: Not forsaken II Corinthians 4:9 — “Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.” What a wonderful message to each of us. Paul knew what it was like to have close individuals for some reason or the other that forsook him just when he needed them most. Think about the fact that Jesus was forsaken at His most crucial hour by His disciples that ran and hid lest their lives would be taken. Jesus was even forsaken by His Father for your and my sin. Matthew 27:46 — “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, ‘Eli, Eli, lama s...